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From: joel@gould9.UUCP (Joel West)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Why not just the ROMs? (Re: Mac+ Upgrade query)
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Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 12:02:42 EST
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In article <2536@reed.UUCP>, bart@reed.UUCP (Bart Massey) writes:
> Why did Apple quit bundling MacWrite and MacPaint with Macs?  If it's
> considered worthless software by them, they should be able to afford to
> bundle it.  If it isn't, I guess they just decided they couldn't afford
> to do us any more favors...

They are not considered worthless.  Instead, they felt that bundling
reduced any incentive for third-party vendors to develop alternatives.

In particular, so the story goes, they are worried and incensed that the
only word processor (other than MacWrite) is mediocre MS-Word, which
is not terribly Mac-like in its interfaces, and hasn't had a new release
in a year, despite obvious performance problems.

Now would you spend $250,000 developing a word processor if the manufacturer
gave one away with each machine?  Would your attitude change if it
started charging $125 for each?
-- 
	Joel West	 	(619) 457-9681
	CACI, Inc. Federal, 3344 N. Torrey Pines Ct., La Jolla, CA  92037
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